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| Founded | 1996 | |||
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| Bases | Amsterdam Airport Schiphol | |||
| Fleet size | 22 | |||
| Destinations | (charters for other airlines) | |||
| Parent company | Panta Holdings B.V. | |||
| Headquarters | Hoofddorp, Netherlands | |||
| Key people | Jaap Rosen Jacobson (MD) Eric Hespeel (CCO) |
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| Website | www.denimair.nl | |||
Denim Air B.V. is a charter airline based in Hoofddorp, the Netherlands. It provides ACMI wet lease services to other airlines. Its main base is Amsterdam Airport Schiphol.[1]
It is wholly owned by Panta Holdings and has 242 employees (at March 2007).[1]
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This airline was established in 1996 and started operations on 26 April 1996. In January 1999 the Spanish airline Air Nostrum wholly acquired Denim Air. In October 2002 the management team of Denim Air bought back the shares in a management buy-out. In June 2003 it started operating domestic flights in Germany from Augsburg to Düsseldorf and Berlin. In 2005 scheduled operations ceased after the airline was acquired by Panta Holdings which used to own VLM Airlines. It has since concentrated exclusively on providing ACMI services and in 2006 operations were moved to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol.
Denim Air is mainly targeting African, Asian and other willing markets, operating for United Nation High Commissioner for Refugees in Sudan and Central Africa, for the Norwegian Army in Afghanistan, for Veba Oil in Libya. The airline also operates aircraft for airlines, mainly African airline, Arik Air and Spanish airline, Air Nostrum, they also operate 1 aircraft for African airline, Air Affaires Gabon.
Denim Air solely operates under wetlease (ACMI) contracts on behalf of Airlines, United Nations, NGO's, Army Forces.
The Denim Air fleet includes the following aircraft (at 14 September 2009): [2]
| Aircraft | Total | Passengers (Economy) |
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| Bombardier Dash 8 Q300 | 10 | 52 | 7 operating for Air
Nostrum 3 operating for Arik Air |
| Fokker 50 | 10 | 50 | 1 operating for Air Affaires
Gabon 3 operating for Arik Air 1 stored at MST 2 stored at TIP |
| Fokker 100 | 3 | - | 1 stored at XSP 1 stored at WOE 1 operating wet lease |
| Total | 23 |
At 30 July 2009, the average age of the Denim Air fleet is 14.6 years ([1]).
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